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LABEL HOLDER.

I N0. 316,929. Patented May 5, 1885.

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LABEL HOLDER.

No; 316,929. Patented May 5, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM A. AMBERG, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

LABEL-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 316,929, dated May 5, 1885.

Application filed December 7, 1883.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM A. AMBERG, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, and a citizen of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Label-Holders, of which the following is a full description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top or'plan View; Fig. 2, a side view; Figs. 33, back views; Fig. 4, a longitudinal enlarged section of the middle portion of the back; Fig. 5, a vertical enlarged section of the file on line :0 a: of Fig. 1; Fig. 6, a vertical enlarged section on line 3/ y of Fig. 1.

This invention relates to improvements in label-holders; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of devices, hereinafter described, and set forth in the claims.

In the drawings, A indicates the back of the file; B O, the sides; D, the pressure-spring; E, hinges of'prcssure-spring; F, index-cover; G, index; H H, binding slide or holder; I, T-heads attached to the cover and to the index sheets for holding them in place; J, guide-yoke for holding the index-sheets together when detached from the file; a, an opening through the plate H for exposing the label; b, the label; 0, recess or depression made within the body of the back for receiving the label; (1, a groove for holding the label within the recess; 6, the rear limit of the rigid portion of the index-cover; f, flexible portion of the index-cover; g, fingerpiece for more conveniently lifting the sliding holder.

The file in its general construction is made with bottom, back, and sides in the usual manner, except that, for the purpose of more conveniently using it as a drawer in a case, the unreduced portion of the side B is longer than that of the side 0, which is so shaped for greater convenience in filing papers.

The index-sheets,with their tags or T-heads I, are similar to those shown and described in my Patent No. 208,220. The guide-holder J for the indexsheets is also similar to that shown in Patent No. 242,174, and the pressure-spring D,with its hinges, is substantially the same as that shown in PatentNo. 225,012.

The index-cover F is made of a rigid, or substantially rigid,i'ront part back to the line 6, as shown in Figs.

5 and 6, with a flexible plate (No model.)

between the index-sheets down flat when the pressure-spring is applied. The cover is usually made of press-board back to the line 9, and of thinner strips pastcd on at the back.

This cover may be placed in the file, the other side up, or so as to bring the part f at the bottom instead of at the top of the cover.

The back A of the file, which forms its front when placed in a file case or cabinet, is cut out, as shown at 0, Figs. 3 and 4, so as to give a space for a label without having it project beyond the face of the back. This cut is provided with a groove, d, into which the label is slipped.

The plate H, which in the form shown is held in position by its connection with the locking part H, it being connected therewith at the top, is cut out, as shown in Fig. 3, so as to form a border for the label and leave it exposed for use. This arrangement avoids the necessity of pasting the labels, and the consequent liability of their becoming detached. It also affords ready means for changing the labels at any time, and by placing the labels within the body of the wood they are not liable to become misplaced in case of the removal of the plate H for any purpose. This arrangement also enables the party using the file to change or make new labels, as he may desire.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. The open plate -H, with the label b, in combination with the back A, having the recess a, substantially as specified.

2. The back A, having the recess 0 and groove in combination with the label I) and open H, forming a border for the label, substantially as described.

W'ILLIAM A. AMBERG.

Witnesses:

MARIE L. PnioE, L. L. BOND. 

